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Varoufakis has written one of the greatest political memoirs of all time [and] one of the most accurate and detailed descriptions of modern power ever written Guardian

'The emerging rock-star of Europe's anti-austerity uprising.' Daily Telegraph 'A spirited book.' New Yorker In this remarkable and provocative book, Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece, explodes the myth that financialisation, ineffectual regulation of banks, greed and globalisation were the root causes of both the Eurozone crisis and the global economic crisis. Rather, they are symptoms of a much deeper malaise which can be traced all the way back to the Great Crash of 1929, then on through to the 1970s: the time when a Global Minotaur was born. Today's deepening crisis in Europe is just one of the inevitable symptoms of the weakening Minotaur; of a global system which is now as unsustainable as it is imbalanced. Going beyond this, Varoufakis reveals how we might reintroduce a modicum of reason into what has become a perniciously irrational economic order. An essential account of the socio-economic events and hidden histories that have shaped the world as we now know it.

No one noticed when capitalism died. Perhaps we were too distracted by the implosion of global finance, or the rise of populism, or the demise of the planet - or all of those cute cats on Instagram. But gradually, quietly, a yet more exploitative new system has taken hold- techno-feudalism. Written in the form of a letter to his late father, who first taught him about the power of new technologies to shape human history, Yanis Varoufakis explains how Big Tech has effected an invisible but fundamental transformation in all our lives. Drawing on stories from Greek Myth and pop culture, from Mad Men to Karl Marx, he explains how the key ingredients of capitalism - profit and markets - have both been replaced. And he exposes the hidden connection between your personal data and the transformative power of 'cloud capital' which means that without our realising it, we are all working every day for the tech giants, for free.

Ist ein liberaler Sozialismus machbar? Gibt es Wohlstand und Wachstum ohne den Ruin der Erde? Sind wir in der Lage, eine gute Gesellschaft trotz unserer Fehler zu schaffen? Stellen Sie sich vor, es ist 2025. Als Folge der Finanzkrise von 2008 ist eine globale politische Bewegung entstanden, durch die die Gesellschaft, wie wir sie kennen, verändert wurde: Geld, Land, digitale Netzwerke und Politik sind wahrhaft und von Grund auf demokratisiert worden. In einem originellen Gedankenexperiment bietet der weltbekannte Ökonom Yanis Varoufakis Einblicke in diese alternative Realität. Durch die Augen von drei Protagonisten – einer libertären Ex-Bankerin, einer marxistischen Feministin und einem technisch hochbegabten Eigenbrötler – sehen wir die Genese einer Welt ohne kommerzielle Banken oder Börsen, in der die Unternehmen denen gehören, die dort arbeiten, in der es ein garantiertes Grundeinkommen gibt, globales Ungleichgewicht und Klimaveränderung sich gegenseitig ausgleichen und Wohnen ein Grundrecht ist. Radikal in Form und Vision verbindet Ein Anderes Jetzt platonischen Dialog mit Fiktion und zeigt, dass es eine Alternative zum Kapitalismus geben könnte. Die Frage ist: Wie weit würden wir gehen, um das zu erreichen?

How do we choose between what is fair and just, and what our debtors demand of us? Yanis Varoufakis was put in such a dilemma in 2015 when he became the finance minister of Greece. In this rousing book, he charts the absurdities that underpin calls for austerity, as well as his own battles with a bureaucracy bent on ignoring the human cost of its every action. Passionately outspoken and tuned to the voices of the oppressed, Varoufakis presents a guide to modern economics, and its threat to democracy, like no other.